Charles B. Mitchel

Charles Burton Mitchel (19 September 1815-20 September 1864) was a US Senator from Arkansas (D) from 4 March to 11 July 1861, succeeding Robert Ward Johnson and preceding Benjamin F. Rice.

Biography
Charles Burton Mitchel was born in Gallatin, Tennessee in 1815, and he practiced medicine in Washington, Arkansas fro 25 years. He served in the State House of Representatives in 1848 and in the US Senate in 1861; he was expelled from the Senate for siding with the Confederacy. From 1862 to 1864, he served in the Confederate Congress. He died in office in 1864.